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by ndriscoll 466 days ago
Recursion schemes are at least as old as "Functional Programming with Bananas, Lenses, Envelopes and Barbed Wire" (1991), which is closer to "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" (1968, so 23 years) than it is to today (34 years). Recursion schemes aren't at all new either.
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A few past threads:

Functional programming with bananas, lenses, envelopes and barbed wire [pdf] (1991) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31152801 - April 2022 (28 comments)

Functional Programming with Bananas, Lenses, Envelopes and Barbed Wire - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24056901 - Aug 2020 (18 comments)

Functional Programming with Bananas, Lenses, Envelopes and Barbed Wire (1991) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9080933 - Feb 2015 (2 comments)

Functional programming with bananas, lenses, envelopes and barbed wire - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6195603 - Aug 2013 (1 comment)